On November 11, 2012, Singles Day, Alibaba Group took in 19.1 billion RMB from the sales of Tmall.com and taobao.com , which is believed to be the biggest sales in a single day. What led to the successful sales?
First of all, highly-developed internet technology played an important role, without which such big sales in one day would not have been possible. More and more netizens , mostly young people, are willing to accept this shopping trend. Advertisements also contributed greatly to the success. Long before Singles Day ,news about the sales filled the internet, TV and newspapers. Therefore, people all over the country knew about it . Advertisements with focus on low prices , about 50% off, could been seen everywhere, which encouraged the netizens to buy .What’s more, varieties of goods online satisfied most of the buyers. So they can purchase almost everything from foods to cars without leaving their houses.
In short , advertisements with proper focus plus advanced technology will promote sales.